The focal point of my project are shimmer sprays. I have used shimmer mist technique here. To get a lovely effect you just need to blend the beautiful shades of sprays along with water… Repeat till a bright shiny effect is achieved.

Here’s the completed “One Sheet Mini Journal Book” :

Some close-ups:

Have a look on this Video tutorial to learn the making process:

It was great working with these shimmer sprays, shimmer pastes and stencils too!

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and will give it a try 🙂

Do share with us your creations and do join us in our October challenge.(Details at the beginning of the post.)

This is Anila and Today, I am over the Craftyscrappers blog with a video tutorial showing you all how to make a simple CAS card using a stamp and the fun foils from Craftyscrappers.

Craftyscrappers fun-foils are the focal point of my tutorial today. These are heat transfer foils, can be used with a lamination machine or with craftyscrappers fun foil glue to add additional beauty to your craft projects.comes in a pack of 5 sheets per pack and are so easy to use and the best part is that it can be used without any lamination machine or heat tool as well.

But before i get into that, let me tell you… Our challenge for this month of October is ongoing. If you missed our previous post,check it out here…

This is Apurva here on Craftyscrappers Blog today. First of all Wishing you all A very Happy Diwali. So today I’m here to show some beautiful favour boxes, I made recently for diwali as diwali gifts for friends!

Let me show you a picture of it first before I proceed for instructions how I made it along with list of supplies.

Here’s the completed DIWALI FAVOUR BOXES:

I had great time making these favour boxes and the outcome was really pretty.

Let me share now the procedure, how to make one easily.

I started with a brown box
(u can opt to use any color BOX of your choice.)

Hope you are doing good and that you had loads of fun this diwali… 🙂
Well, im sure you all had!!!

Here I’m back at Craftyscrappers blog today and this time I have a Video tutorial on how i created some beautiful,sparkly backgrounds for cards using craftyscrappers Fun foils, for our ongoing challenge, “Sparkle it up”!!!

This is the first time I’ve used foils in my cards and I really love the outcome….. Craftyscrappers shiny transfer foils are professional grade and are proudly made in INDIA, and these super glitzy foils , add Stunning Sparkle and shine to your craft projects. What stopped me till now was the investment in laminator machine for foiling…. But these fun foils are really fun to work with. You don’t need any fancy tools for this.. and in my Video tutorial i will show how these can be easily used without a lamination machine and also work like a charm with Big shot and Cuttlebug machines, where you do not need heat to transfer the foils to your craft surfaces.

I hope you will get inspired and participate in our current challenge,

You can create cards, layouts, journal pages, altered art, MDF items, anything crafty and add glamour to your projects in any form, be it foil, glitter, shimmer or anything to sparkle it,to participate…Last date of submission is 31st Oct 2017.

But before i reveal the Winner prize, let me share with you a quick and easy Festive Card tutorial.I made these easy festive cards for my family and friends on Diwali.

Diwali, or Deepawali, is a Sanskrit word meaning “rows of lighted lamps,” is a Hindu-originated festival celebrated in India and worldwide.During the five-day celebration which is also known as the “festival of lights”,clay lamps known as diyas are lit to signify the destruction, through knowledge of all negative qualities — be it violence, anger, jealousy, greed, fear or suffering… in other words, the victory of good over evil.As per tradition, Diwali is celebrated with grand splendor, where every home is lit with diyas, leaving no room for darkness to enter, sweet and savory snacks are prepared throughout the day, every doorstep is decorated with rangoli to welcome guests with great honor, one fashions new clothing to thank Goddess Lakshmi for providing prosperity and good fortune, when the sun sets, firecrackers light up the streets… and it is the perfect time, for sending some love as gifts to your family and friends.

Moving on to the Tutorial, On how i created these…

I took the Craftyscrappers Premiun cardstock (white)and Die cut 10 pieces, using Madrasbazaar stitched rectangle die and created my first layer for my cards.

(I later on ended up making 30-50 card bases.. for a total of 50cards 🙂 )

Then i took Fried brick, spiced marmalade and wild honey distressing inks and started blending them together to create a background.

Once the inks were nicely blended, I sprayed mist over the distress background that allowed the ink to wick and spread out, traveling across the paper and created a beautiful effect.Then i let it dry over night. (Many thanks to Niharika Gupta for teaching me this technique!)

This is how the backgrounds looks after they are dried:

Next, i started working on the focal point of the card.For this, i decided to use the beautiful image from Craftyscrappers festival (diwali) stamp set, “Blasting Diwali” designed by Aastha Jain.

It has some really nice sentiments and images that is just perfect for the occasion!
I stamped a bunch of the beautiful diya from the stamp set, using Staz-on Black ink.

After i stamped the diyas with the staz-on black ink, i started stamping them again using Craftyscrappers Fun foil glue, (You can use any glue for this technique, but do make sure that the glue is sticky and transparent once it dries.)
so that i could use Craftyscrappers Fun-foils without any lamination machine.
You may check my video tutorial here, where i have demonstrated an easy way of foiling using the bigshot machine, if you do not have a laminator machine or a heat tool.

(Sorry about the poor quality of the pic!!!
It was very difficult to capture the shine on the foils due to the lights reflection!)

After foiling the Diya’s i started coloring them using Smart color watercolor markers and water brush.I pastel shaded for the diya’s so that i could create a contrast with the background.

This is how they look, Up close:

I added the Double sided dimensional adhesive from oddy and kept it aside.

Next i started working on the inside sentiment, for the card.For this, i decided to go with the beautiful sentiment from Craftyscrappers stamp set, “Crackling Diwali”, designed by Pritusha Banerjee. this stamp set too has many sentiments and images that are ideal for creating Diwali cards.

I stamped the sentiment on a piece of Craftyscrappers Premium white cardstock and repeated the process, that i did with the Diyas.

Next, i started assembling everything to create my Diwali cards.First i adhered the distressed background to an A2 Card size.

Then added the foiled and colored diyas and front sentiment on top of it using some double sided dimensional tape.

and lastly added the foiled sentiment on the front and the diwali wishes on the inside of the cards.
I wanted to keep the card simple so embellished them using some coordinating shaker elements from Madrasbazaar.
And thus finished with the Diwali cards.

I hope you like my handmade diwali cards and that they inspired you for our ongoing challenge, “sparkle it up!”

Do Join our ongoing challenge, and submit your best Creations to us to win our Goodie bag!

Here’s the Reveal of the Goodie Bag that the winner will receive:

Do read the challenge rules at the beginning of the post, the link will take you straight to the challenge post, where you can enter via Mr.linky.

So thats all for today!Wishing you all good luck for the challenge!
We will soon come up with some more creative tutorials to share with you all, so keep checking this space!